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Sir Bernard Jenkin MP

Conservative Harwich and North Essex M
Sir Bernard Jenkin is the Conservative MP for Harwich and North Essex, and has been an MP continually since 9 April 1992.

Pay & earnings · 2026

MP base salary £29,586 / £93,904 annual
115 days served — year-to-date · annual rate £93,904
Committee chair additional salary £11,534
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) · 115 days £5,767
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) · 115 days £5,767
Declared outside earnings £300
2 registered interests published in 2026
Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources £300
Total (salary + chair + declared) £41,420
Base salary: House of Commons Library SN02644 / IPSA. Earnings from Register of Interests (API), published during 2026.

Constituencies represented

2024-07-04present
Harwich and North Essex current
2010-05-062024-05-30
Harwich and North Essex
1997-05-012010-05-06
North Essex
1992-04-091997-05-01
North Colchester

Party history

1992-04-09present
Conservative current

Government posts

None recorded.

Opposition posts

2005-05-102005-12-08
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)
2003-10-012005-05-10
Shadow Secretary of State (The Regions)
2001-09-012003-10-01
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
1998-06-192001-09-01
Shadow Minister (Transport)
1998-01-011998-06-19
Opposition Spokesperson (Environment, Transport and the Regions)
1997-07-011998-07-01
Opposition Spokesperson (Constitutional Affairs, Scotland and Wales)

Committee memberships

1993-12-061997-03-21
Social Security
2006-11-272010-05-06
Defence Committee
2008-03-102010-05-06
Committees on Arms Export Controls
2010-06-102015-03-30
Public Administration Committee Chair +£14,582/yr
2024-12-04present
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2020-05-202024-05-30
Liaison Committee (Commons) Chair +£15,928/yr
2017-11-062019-11-06
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2015-09-102017-05-03
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2010-07-192015-03-30
Liaison Committee (Commons)
2012-12-032015-03-30
Parliamentary Privilege (Joint Committee)
2014-11-062015-02-03
Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee)
2017-07-122019-11-06
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Chair +£15,235/yr
2015-06-182017-05-03
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Chair +£15,025/yr
2017-07-122019-11-06
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2015-06-182017-05-03
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
2018-05-162018-07-27
Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee) Chair +£15,235/yr
2018-04-172018-07-27
Draft Health Service Safety Investigations Bill (Joint Committee)
2019-02-132019-11-06
Liaison Committee Sub-committee on the effectiveness and influence of the select committee system
2020-03-022024-05-30
Committee on Standards
2020-03-022021-05-25
Public Accounts Committee
2020-03-022024-05-30
Committee of Privileges
2025-06-11present
Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements
2021-09-222024-05-30
Liaison Sub-Committee on National Policy Statements Chair +£15,928/yr
2023-06-222024-05-30
Liaison Sub-Committee on Scrutiny of Strategic Thinking in Government Chair +£16,900/yr
2024-10-16present
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) Chair +£17,806/yr
2024-10-14present
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2024-10-16present
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) Chair +£17,806/yr
2024-10-14present
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
Chair additional salary only applies to specified select committees under Standing Order 122B. Regular members receive no additional pay.

Contact

Parliamentary office
bernard.jenkin.mp@parliament.uk
020 7219 4029 · House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
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